Our staff

La Trobe staff

Academic

NamePositionTelephoneEmail
Dr Markandeya JoisHead of Department of Agricultural Sciences+61 3 9032 7408M.Jois@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Kim PlummerHead of Department of Botany+61 3 9479 2223k.plummer@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Terry SpithillCo-Director of AgriBio: The Centre for AgrioBioscience+61 3 9032 7428T.Spithill@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Liam O'ConnorProfessor+61 3 9479 2537Liam.OConnor@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Caixian TangProfessor+61 3 9032 7416C.Tang@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Philip KeaneReader+61 3 9479 2219p.keane@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Peter SaleReader+61 3 9479 2188P.Sale@latrobe.edu.au
Dr John WebbAssociate Professor+61 3 9479 1273John.Webb@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Anthony GendallSenior Lecturer+61 3 9479 2231t.gendall@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Bert De GroefLecturer+61 3 9032 7436b.degroef@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Michael EmmerlingLecturer+61 3 9479 2221m.emmerling@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Theresa FrankelLecturer+61 3 9479 2180T.Frankel@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Gary ClarkAssociate Lecturer+61 3 9032 7417G.Clark@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Sylvia GrommenAssistant Honours Coordinator/Research fellow+61 3 9032 7437S.Grommen@latrobe.edu.au

Post-doctoral staff

NamePositionTelephoneEmail
Dr Clayton ButterlyPostdoctoral Fellow+61 3 9032 7418C.Butterly@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Jaikirat GillResearch Associate+61 3 9032 7458Jaikirat.Singh@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Hayley ToetPostdoctoral Fellow+61 3 9032 7429h.toet@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Xiaojuan WangPostdoctoral Fellow+61 3 9032 7419Xiaojuan.Wang@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Henrik WahrenResearch Fellowc.wahren@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Alison White-MonsantResearch Associate+61 3 9032 7420a.monsant@latrobe.edu.au

Honorary staff

NamePositionTelephoneEmail
Professor Roger ParishProfessor+61 3 9479 1264r.parish@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Richard LukeEmeritus Scholar+61 3 9479 2187r.luke@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Nicholas UrenHonorary Senior Research Fellow+61 3 9479 2189n.uren@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Terence PriceHonorary Senior Research Fellow+61 3 9479 6600T.Price@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Judith TisdallSenior Lecturer+61 3 9479 3561J.Tisdall@latrobe.edu.au

La Trobe/DPI

Joint appointments 

Professor German Spangenberg - Professor of Plant Genetics and Genomics (FTSE)
german.spangenberg@dpi.vic.gov.au

Professor Ben Cocks - Professor
ben.cocks@dpi.vic.gov.au

Dr Jacky Edwards - Senior Research Fellow
jacky.edwards@dpi.vic.gov.au

Professor John Forster - Researcher
john.forster@dpi.vic.gov.au

Dr Ben Hayes - Associate Professor
ben.hayes@dpi.vic.gov.au

Dr Jo Luck - Associate Professor
jo.luck@dpi.vic.gov.au

Dr Matthew McDonagh
matthew.mcdonagh@dpi.vic.gov.au

Dr David McLaren - Senior Research Fellow
david.mclaren@dpi.vic.gov.au

Dr Mallik Malipatil - Associate Professor
mallik.malipatil@dpi.vic.gov.au

Dr Pauline Mele - Associate Professor
pauline.mele@dpi.vic.gov.au 

Dr Ian Porter - Associate Professor
ian.porter@dpi.vic.gov.au

Dr Simone Rochfort - Senior Research Fellow
simone.rochfort@dpi.vic.gov.au

Dr Brendan Rodoni - Senior Research Fellow
brendan.rodoni@dpi.vic.gov.au

Dr Tim Sawbridge - Senior Research Fellow
tim.sawbridge@dpi.vic.gov.au

Dr Alan Yen - Associate Professor
alan.yen@dpi.vic.gov.au